I'm pretty satisfied with my Olympus C-3000-Zoom. I get shots like this
in my living room without studio flash, softboxes or other expensive accessories:
http://207.235.4.65/2/Bridget/Bridget19/Bglg1913.jpg http://207.235.4.65/Blair8/Bllg0824.jpg http://207.235.4.65/2/Janine/Janine3/Jnlg0322.JPG http://207.235.4.65/2/CarlMarn/CarlMarn4/Cmlg0408.jpg http://207.235.4.65/2/Cindy/Cindy22/Cdlg2219.jpg
I don't think the Canon can do much better than this. Much more important is who's behind the camera.
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